Ready to Bring Him Home!

Anna and I spent last weekend getting the nursery ready for our new addition. It really didn't take as long as we thought it would and Peter and I are really pleased with the way it turned out!


Ella has figured out how to climb up the changing table and her new favorite thing to do is get her diaper changed while laying on it. I figure this is actually much easier for me to do, so I let her do it. She has wanted to get into the crib too, but I told her that only babies go in there. So now she puts her dolls in there and covers them with a blankie so they can take naps.
Now that the room is done it has given us a lot of opportunities to talk about Miles and explain to her that her baby brother will be here soon and will be sleeping in the crib and getting his diaper changed on the changing table. She seems to understand a little bit, but of course, the idea is still a little foreign to her.

Finishing his room really put me at ease, but I did start to think about all of the other things that we need to get done around the house. I really need to pack a bag for the hospital and need to get Peter to set up the pack 'n play and swing.
My baby brunch is tomorrow so I figure after that I can finish getting things organized and figure out what else needs to be done.

This past week has been really hard on me. Working a full 8 hours is getting hard and usually by 1:00 I am ready to go home. My feet and ankles started to swell this week to the point that my shoes start to feel really tight. I'm walking much slower and get tired much faster. I also started to get a sore throat and chills yesterday, but seem to be okay today.
I came home last night and pretty much didn't leave the couch. After resting for a few hours though I started to have Braxton Hicks that were really painful. I had six in about 25 minutes. Following the rules the doc told me (laying on my left side and drinking water), they subsided and I just fell asleep. I have had a few more today as well, so it's definitely something I will bring up at my appointment on Tuesday. (This is why I need to pack a hospital bag!)
I may start working half days soon to try to get some more rest as I know I will need it before labor and delivery, and of course after!

On to other news--
Blake has been working on a science project for about the last month. He decided to make cornstarch into quicksand and test if certain objects would sink and how long it would take them. It was pretty cool. The cornstarch mixture looked like liquid, but when you touched it, it felt solid. If you picked it up, it would liquify and run through your fingers! His science fair was last weekend.
Here's our mad scientist!